New from Project Gutenberg:
- How to Speak and Write Correctly by Joseph Devlin (a grammar reference)
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
For kids…(sort of)
- An Alphabet Of Old Friends by Walter Crane (suitable for younger readers)
- The Absurd ABC by Walter Crane (technically suitable for younger readers but parents may want to look it over first as some of the content could be considered politically incorrect)
- Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 (Short stories and varied articles for children. Also includes 3-4 pages of advertisements from the 1890s.)
- The Story of a Candy Rabbit by Laura Lee Hope (lots of other books from this author)
Historical
- Atiquités d’Herculanum, Tome IV., (Vol. 4 of 6) by Francesco Piranesi (in French but has lots of illustrations of frescoes and statues of Herculaneum)
- Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow
- The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier (lots of illustrations)
- Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa by Mungo Park (Believe it or not, I’ve been wanting to read this for years!)
Most of these volumes are in the Public Domain and licensed under the Project Gutenberg license. Please check the site for details.
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